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Dog lovers looking to celebrate their pup’s birthday or dogaversary love my shop’s bone shape cake pans for making a puppy cake. But recently one organization in Texas put the dog cakes I help people make to shame. That’s because they baked the biggest puppy cake in the world, which Guinness World Records confirmed.

It was all the idea of Sheri Soltes, founder and president of Service Dogs, Inc. (SDI) in Dripping Springs, Texas, to celebrate the organization’s 30th anniversary. SDI transforms dogs abandoned to animal shelters or otherwise in need of homes into lifelines for people living with hearing loss or mobility challenges. SDI provides the dogs and training free of charge.

The attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “World’s Largest Cake for Dogs” was also part of SDI’s annual fundraiser, The Mighty Texas Dog Walk.

“The Guinness World Record attempts get people excited about our Mighty Texas Dog Walk,” explains Soltes. “It is our main fundraiser.”

Breaking a world record is nothing new for SDI, Soltes says. “We already have won six Guinness World Records including two for Most Dogs Walked and two for World’s Biggest Fur Ball—most recently 310 pounds in 2015.”

“I wanted to come up with a new idea to get people excited, challenge ourselves and invite more teamwork and collaboration,” she continues. “Baking a cake, then serving it to our canine guests seemed like a fun and inclusive idea.”

With the help of Heather Malkani of Dawn Foods, which provides ingredients to the baking industry, Soltes assembled a team of premier Austin pastry chefs. The baking team started with the recipe of the former record holder Petlandia from Ireland, then tweaked it to fit the palates of Texas canines.

The team first perfected a miniature prototype of the cake. When it passed muster, “Our pastry chefs then took the mini version and increased the recipe many times to get the larger version,” she adds.

In the end, the dog cake recipe included 35 pounds of kibble, 72 cans of liver-based dog food, 17 dozen eggs, plus flour and water. Frosting was instant mashed potatoes. The cake also include three cake toppers—3-D versions of dogs. They were not included in the final weight (304.73 pounds) that broke the record. It took the better part of the day to mix and make the cake before it was revealed on March 25.

After the official record breaking and picture taking, it was time to eat the creation.

“Each dog waited patiently in the Bark-free buffet line as the chefs served up the dazzling dessert, wedding reception style complete with paper plates and napkins,” Soltes says. “The dogs loved it. Some dogs even had seconds. Some owners asked for slabs to take home for older dogs that couldn’t make the event. We gladly obliged.”

Not only did they break a world record, but also The Mighty Texas Dog Walk raised over $114,000 for SDI. Raising money for this good cause was the whole point of the event. Baking the world’s largest cake for dogs was, well, just icing on the cake.

Launch this slideshow to see images from The Mighty Texas Dog Walk, including the record-setting cake, plus the dogs that participated in the event and enjoyed eating their puppy cake.

When not covering pets or money-saving topics for Parade, you can find writer Leah Ingram hanging out with her two rescue pups Oscar and Sadie or working on her profitable online store called Pawsome Doggie.It sells dog-shaped cake pans and bakeware, dog theme birthday party supplies, and unique gifts and housewares for dog lovers who want to celebrate a dogaversary™. Use code PARADE to save 10 percent.

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